5.2 magnitude Earthquake , Indonesia

There was an earthquake at Flores region with the magnitude of 5.2 on Thursday, August 28, 2008 at 02:59:37 (UTC)-Coordinated Universal Time and 10:59:37 AM local time , reported by the U.S. Geological Survey.

Flores region which is in Indonesia and located east of Sumbawa and Komodo, the west of Lembata and the Alor Archipelago and to the southeast is Timor. Towards, the South is the Sumba strait, is Sumba and to the north, beyond the Flores Sea, is Sulawesi. Flores is one of the Lesser Sunda Islands. Lesser Sunda Islands also known as “Nusa Tenggara” is a major region of Indonesia.

Flores , is also known as Komodo islands because the largest lizard in the world is found there. In 1992, the practice of feeding dragons stopped.